Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is protandry?

What is protandry? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) The condition in which an organism begins life as a male and then changes into a female.
  2. (botany) The condition of flowers whose male parts mature before the female ones.
  3. (ethology) The arrival of males before females at a mating site.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Examples
Protogyny and protandry are the underlying mechanisms favouring allogamy in monoecious palms.
Protandry in knobbed whelk may be opportunistic, and not every individual may be capable of it.
At the extreme, true prolificacy leads to protogyny whereas normal maize shows protandry.
The temporal aspects of stigma receptivity and pollen longevity were investigated in relation to protandry and breeding system.
Under natural photoperiodic conditions protandry in hermaphrodite disc flowers of sunflower is determined by the different elongation rates of the style and filaments.
Flowers are self-compatible, but spontaneous autogamy occurs very infrequently due to protandry and to the spatial separation of anthers and stigma.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
9-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024